Example sentences of "was [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the 1972 Act , it was usual for principal authorities to have a fairly standard pattern of senior officials — a medical officer of health , an engineer and surveyor , a chief education officer and so on , but there has been a development towards different breakdowns of functions and new titles . |
| 2 | The time was right for original ideas , and Sheaffer had his share of them . |
| 3 | It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US . |
| 4 | Whatever position I adopted seemed to be the wrong one , and it was possible for certain parts of my body to be relaxed and at rest only at the expense of certain other parts . |
| 5 | When services were concentrated in large hospitals , it was possible for good managers to keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals , and although the physical and emotional environment may not have been of high quality , most residents would be properly fed and clothed and protected from abuse . |
| 6 | If someone a obviously it 's it 's what I 'm asking is hypothetical anyway because I mean the flats are coming down so no one new can move in , but say you actually if if it was possible for other people to move into these flats and you knew someone and they said erm , You know I 'm thinking of moving into Green flats , what would you say ? |
| 7 | He advised his student that a comprehensive microlight conversion course was necessary as it was possible for conventional control ( three-axis ) pilots with insufficient weight-shift experience to make incorrect control inputs when under a heavy workload or in turbulent conditions . |
| 8 | Red Cottage was unsuitable for other reasons , but there was space and fresh air and I think I need these . ’ |
| 9 | It was normal for impassioned orators to be greeted by a sea of waving handkerchiefs and raised umbrellas . |
| 10 | It was normal for large houses to carry their own petrol pumps and fire appliances . |
| 11 | In one study analysis of dietary histories in 29 of 50 diabetics revealed that compliance was adequate for unrefined carbohydrate ( 39 per cent daily energy ) , fibre ( 34 g/day ) and sodium ( 100 mmol/day ) , although dietary fat was higher than intended ( 33 per cent daily energy ) ( Pacy et al , 1984c ) . |
| 12 | This was adequate for secondary surfaces but the primary surface of the table top had to be treated very differently . |
| 13 | In our study , renal size was adequate for ultrasound-guided biopsy in 15 ( 68% ) patients with AonCRF and was , therefore , not a good discriminator between ARF and AonCRF . |
| 14 | With teachers ' morale at its lowest ebb in living memory and with parental frustration escalating , the way was clear for Central Government to demand that schools be made much more accountable — accountable to the parent body which the teachers had for years struggled to involve in schools in the interests of the children they were teaching . |
| 15 | By 1934 , following the February events and the signing in July of the popular front agreement , the route was clear for rapid development of co-operative communist cultural politics . |
| 16 | It was warm for early September . |
| 17 | It was crucial for successful demand management that central government generated or contained investment to an appropriate level . |
| 18 | Most had ‘ No Photocopying ’ notices attached , and one was unavailable for inter-library loan . |
| 19 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 20 | It was impossible for middle class feminists to attack theories of sexual difference directly because of their purported scientific authenticity . |
| 21 | In four patients cannulation of the portal vein was impossible for anatomical reasons . |
| 22 | As a result of the controls it was impossible for certain firms to obtain raw materials and replacements , for which no domestic substitutes were available . |
| 23 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 24 | Again , as it was impossible for wheeled implements to cross the frequent deep water-cuts of a field ploughed in this way , all cultivation had to be done along the stetch itself ; and this meant that implements — drills , hoes , harrows , etc. — had to be adapted to fit the width of stetch used . |
| 25 | His purpose was to demonstrate not that the earth did spin but that it was impossible for human reason to prove that it did not . |
| 26 | Given the thriving circular trade , it was easy for counterfeit manufacturers to pass off goods which they know would not be checked , said Mr Lumley . |
| 27 | However , Theo Waigel , the German Finance Minister , stressed that the criteria should not be applied mechanically , and that there should be " scope for political judgment " on whether a country was fit for full EMU . |
| 28 | Having defined interest groups in this way , it was customary for early students of the interest group world to sort it out into those groups that were promoting a " cause " or an issue , and those groups that were active in trying to advance the immediate material and " sectional " interests of their own members . |
| 29 | Because it was hard for young refugees to find decently paid jobs ( all else being equal , refugee status was a disqualification in the eyes of most employers ) , they were frequently in debt . |
| 30 | Some respondents considered that since the rationale was inappropriate for Religious Education in Catholic schools all else that followed was likewise inappropriate . |